Quotes by Buddha

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Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) was a spiritual teacher from the ancient Indiansubcontinent and the historical founder of Buddhism. He is universally

recognized by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha of our age. The time of hisbirth and death are uncertain; most modern historians date his lifetime from

563 BCE to 483 BCE, though some have suggested a date about a centurylater than this. Gautama is the key figure in Buddhism, and accounts of hislife, discourses, and monastic rules were summarized after his death and

memorized by the sangha. Passed down by oral tradition, the Tripitaka, thecollection of discourses attributed to Gautama, was committed to writing about400 years later.

Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds.

- Buddha

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a

poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that

irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

- Buddha

The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.

- Buddha

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Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the

final victory comes.

- Buddha

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside thelesser to gain the greater.

- Buddha

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

- Buddha

I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment,

undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is deep, difficult

to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle,

and to be realized only by the wise.

- Buddha

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.

- Buddha

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in

listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is

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free of fear.

- Buddha

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each

supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and

sincere words.

- Buddha

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be

respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

- Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will

not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

- Buddha

Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stilled only by non-hatred --

this is the law of eternal.

- Buddha

Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an

unalterable law.

- Buddha

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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

- Buddha

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best

relationship.

- Buddha

This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow,

a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.

- Buddha

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light byday and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can

destroy him.

- Buddha

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

- Buddha

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.

Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. - Buddha

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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone

else; you are the one getting burned.

- Buddha

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

- Buddha

Love the whole world as a mother lovers her only child.

- Buddha

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you

forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

- Buddha

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so

obedient as a disciplined mind.

- Buddha

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate

within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the

external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.

- Buddha

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'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' -- those who are free of

resentful thoughts surely find peace.

- Buddha

A jug fills drop by drop. - Buddha

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry

about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and

earnestly.

- Buddha

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

- Buddha

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

- Buddha

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

- Buddha

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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- Buddha

You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself.

- Buddha

He is not the same, nor is he another.

- Buddha

Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher

tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and

analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings --

that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

- Buddha

Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

- Buddha

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and

peace.

- Buddha

Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and

wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.

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- Buddha

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless

thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that neverleaves them.

- Buddha

As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying

thoughts.

- Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we

think, we become.

- Buddha

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build

our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.

- Buddha

We are what we think. All that we are arises With our thoughts. With our thoughts, We

make our world.

- Buddha

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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it,

unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

- Buddha

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.

- Buddha

They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those

who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called

guardians of the dharma.

- Buddha

Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to

work and forbear.

- Buddha

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as

carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.

- Buddha

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost.

- Buddha

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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It

cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

- Buddha

Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it or because it is

traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher

tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and

analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beingsthat

doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

- Buddha

LOVE CANT BE OF A PERSON, IT HAS TO B EVERY BODYS

- Buddha

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they

can change our world.

- Buddha

All beings are not only the parents in the past.

They will become the Buddha in the future.

If you free their lives, you are Buddha.

- Buddha

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on

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the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

- Buddha

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on

the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

- Buddha

Buddha is in our hearts. Buddha is in our mouths. Buddha is in our daily lives.

- Buddha

Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying,

as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up.

- Buddha

Doing the good deeds is like the grass in the garden.

You don't see its growth. But, it does by days.

Doing the wicked deeds is like the hone.

You don't see its damage. But, it does by days.

- Buddha

Giving the best to others are giving the best to ourselves.

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The value of life is not based on how long we live.

But, how much can we contribute to others in our society ?

- Buddha

Give the people --- confidence.

Give the people --- delight.

Give the people --- hope.

Give the people --- the best.

- Buddha

Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune.

Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.

- Buddha

Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts.

- Buddha

Mankind have love, animals have affection.

The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed.

- Buddha

No light is brighter than wisdom. Wisdom is the light in the world.

- Buddha

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Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom.

Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love.

- Buddha

Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today.

Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore.

Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains ?

- Buddha

The easiest beneficence is a smile.

The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal.

- Buddha

There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn,

snows in Winter.

If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.

- Buddha

Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.

- Buddha

To eat meat is just a habit after we were born.

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In fact, we are not born to eat meat.

- Buddha

Enjoy the good health. Bring the truth happiness. Care of his own family. Give the peace to all.

Firstly, one must discipline and control his own mind.

If he can do so, the enlightenment, wisdom and virtue will go to him naturally.

- Buddha

It takes hundred of years sitting together in the same boat.

It takes thousand of years sharing the same bed with.

It calls : the predestined affinity.

- Buddha

Watering the flowers and the trees, whispering to them, talking to them.

Then, they will grow to be more bright and luxuriant.

- Buddha

Prefer the afterlife better than this one.

Never let this life better than next one.

- Buddha

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